Xu Xin immediately got up from the bed and looked out the window.
There didn't seem to be anything unusual in the jungle at this time. The sun had just risen, and the breeze was blowing on his face, even making him feel a little comfortable.
Looking at the map, there are still no red dots on the developed and undeveloped territories.
But Xu Xin knew that beneath this calmness, there was a huge crisis hidden.
The weakening of the tree house's protective capabilities means that the monsters underground are likely to break through the defense line and appear directly in the protected area.
No, it has already appeared!
What happened last night was probably the consequence of the tree house’s weakened protection capabilities after the rainy season!
“嘤…” Xu Xin’s actions woke Coco up. She turned over, sat up on the bed, and rubbed her eyes with her little paws.
"Go back to sleep, it's still early." Xu Xin rubbed Coco's head. Today's activities should have little to do with Coco.
“Hmm…” After hearing that, Coco fell asleep again, hugging her tail.
Regional channels have also become lively.
"The tree house's protective ability has weakened? What does this mean?"
"It is said that some monsters will appear if you go out of the protected area. Have any of you ever been out there?"
"The grass on the graves of those who have passed away is three feet high."
"The event started so early in the morning? Isn't it usually at nine o'clock..."
"Friends! Don't go down from the tree house! I just went down to check out the situation, and after taking two steps, a vine thicker than my arm suddenly emerged from the ground! If I hadn't quickly returned to the tree house, I would have died!"
Seeing someone say this on the regional channel, Xu Xin showed an expression of "as expected".
Sure enough, the ground is now completely unsafe! Those underground monsters that could not appear in the protected area have now appeared on the ground!
"Oh my god!! That vine is attacking my tree house, what should I do! It's actually attacking the trunk of the tree house!"
"Will attack the tree house?!"
"Is this... Is this the battle to defend the tree house? Now even the tree house is not safe..."
Will the vines attack the tree trunk
Xu Xin suddenly remembered that the trunk of his tree house had been equipped with a defensive facility called tree house wooden armor a long time ago.
Xu Xin checked his crafting list and found the armor that could protect the trunk of the tree house.
Tree House Wooden Armor (Green): Armor added to the trunk of the tree house can effectively reduce the damage to the tree house from attacks by wild animals. Requires 2 round logs (green)
Xu Xin remembered that the shape of the armor was similar to a cylinder that was cut in half vertically, and two armors needed to be installed for every meter of the tree trunk.
Although the introduction says it's for attacks against wild beasts, it should also be effective against mutant creatures.
He sent a private message directly to the person who was attacked: "How is the situation? Is there any serious damage to the trunk of the tree house?"
The other party responded immediately: "It's Master Xu Xin!!! Save me!!"
Xu Xin: "Don't worry, tell me the situation!"
"It... the vine outside... has been attacking the tree trunk. It's swinging and whipping the tree trunk! I can hear the sound of a part of the trunk being cut off with each whip, and the whole tree house is shaking!"
"Did the vines launch any piercing attacks on the tree house?"
"Yes! Yes! But they seem unable to penetrate the tree trunk, so they have stopped attacking and are now lashing it madly. Each lash can peel off a layer of bark! Big Boss, help me!"
"Do you have any logs? Give them to me and I'll make you some protective gear for the tree house!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" The other party saw the hope and became excited. He immediately traded hundreds of logs to him. This many logs should be all his stock.
"You're a low tree house?"
"Yes, big boss!"
The trunk under the canopy of the low tree house is only about three meters high, and six pieces of wooden armor can completely cover the exposed trunk.
Xu Xin made twelve pieces for him: "Assemble this on the trunk of the tree house!"
"Understood, Boss!!"
To equip the armor, you only need to choose a location in the tree house, which is similar to the heavy crossbow. You don’t need to go out, so he is still very safe.
After a few seconds, the other party replied: "Thank you, sir! You saved my life!"
Xu Xin gave him the wooden armor so that he could try out the effect: "How is it? Did it protect you?"
"It's protected! After I put on the armor, the trunk of the tree house was completely wrapped up. The vines continued to hit the armor, and the effect was weakened a lot!"
"How much has it weakened?"
"It's just... When the vines hit the tree trunk, they will leave a deep mark. And they will only hit one spot. I'm afraid they will break the tree house after a few hundred hits! But after equipping the armor, although the armor will be damaged every time it is whipped, it will only leave a shallow mark! A set of armor can definitely last a long time!"
"Don't the vines attack the tree house? I mean, the canopy of the tree house."
"Don't attack, don't attack. They only attack the tree trunks at the moment!"
After understanding the situation, Xu Xin relaxed a little. At present, the armor can basically defend against the attack of the vines, but I don't know what kind of monsters will appear in this battle to defend the tree house besides the vines.
"Okay, I've given you six more pieces of armor. If any armor is damaged, replace it immediately. If the vines outside stop attacking or the armor is destroyed, contact me immediately." Xu Xin wanted to see how long this piece of armor could last.
"Okay, boss, I promise to complete the task!"
Xu Xin looked outside the tree house again. It seemed that as long as he didn't go down, at least for now, those mutated vines would not appear on their own.
In the regional channel, some people walked out of the tree house for various reasons and attracted the mutant vines underground. Now they are complaining bitterly.
Some people even just leaned their heads out of the window, and vines would emerge from the ground to attack them. This reminded him of the red fog yesterday, when a small bird flew into the red fog and was immediately pierced and sucked into the ground.
At present, it seems that only vines have come out, and there are no large-scale carnivorous plants or Venus flytraps that Xu Xin encountered in the dungeon before, nor any mutated beasts.
He immediately sent a message on the regional channel: "Everyone, don't run outside anymore, and don't stick your head out of the tree house. Even if you don't step on the ground, as long as you appear outside the tree house, you will be targeted by the mutant monsters underground. The best way at this stage is to stay in the tree house and don't go anywhere. This way there will be no problem for the time being!"
His words were immediately repeated by other survivors.
"Listen to the elders and you will live longer."
"Haha, I won't go down if the boss doesn't tell me."
"Thank you, sir! I almost went out. I was just about to go down and pick the fruits from the fruit trees that ripened yesterday... Never mind, I'll just starve. I won't die from starvation for a few days. It's better than having my tree house attacked."
There was no food in the jungle these two days, so some people came up with a solution. They used their points to exchange for green-level fertilizers from the points mall to ripen the green-level fruit trees so that they would bear fruit the next day. But who would have thought that they couldn't even get down from the tree house the next day.
"Boss! Boss! Help! There are so many vines coming out from the ground, attacking the trunk of the tree house!"
"Why didn't you tell me earlier, Boss? If you had told me earlier, I wouldn't have gone down!"
Judging from the situation on the regional channel, hundreds of people were complaining in just a few dozen minutes. At the same time, he also saw that the number of people on the regional channel dropped by more than forty. These people must have been pierced by the vines before they could even react.
Let’s help them.
Ji Chaoyang also spoke in the Explorer: "What Xu Xin said in the regional channel is correct. You should not go out now. Observe the situation first."
Wen Guixin: "Don't panic. Even if they come out, I can kill them."
Zhao Xiaochuan: "Are you so confident? This is a monster from outside the protected area, it must be very strong!"
Xu Xin: "The individual combat power of these vines is not very strong, only slightly stronger than the mutant beasts in the dungeon, but there are a lot of them, they are everywhere, and it is very likely that there will be dozens or even hundreds of them at a time."
Wen Guixin: "A large number? Humph, I just like a large number of monsters."
Wang Lei: "Master Xu, have you ever dealt with this kind of vines?"
Xu Xin told them about the two types of vines he had encountered and their respective attack methods.
Ji Chaoyang: "That being said, I have also encountered this. During the exploration activity, the copper treasure chest was obtained from the roots of several blood-veined vines."
Li Wenxi: "Hey, me too. The guardian beast next to my copper treasure chest is also a vine!"
Qi Xuefei: "I thought everyone was different. I was also a vine at first."
Qin Yunlong: "... I'm not, I'm a giant mole."
The others also spoke up, saying that they were not vines, but some animals.
Although he didn't know why, Xu Xin didn't want to talk about this now. He directly expressed his thoughts: "We have all obtained silver treasure chests, which can be used to make tree house wooden armor. Now we can sell it to others."
He explained to them the armor he had just made for that person and the effects of the armor.
They had sold a batch of tree house heavy crossbows before, but very few people bought them. One reason was that the materials were relatively scarce, and the other was that most of the previous activities had nothing to do with tree houses, or even took place far away from tree houses. Spending a high cost to arm the tree houses did not really make much sense at the time.
But now it's different. This time the event is completely centered around the tree house. Not to mention the tree house heavy crossbow, the wooden armor alone is absolutely a must for this event.
Wang Lei: "I made it but never used it. I almost forgot what this wooden armor was. It turns out it is so useful."
Ji Chaoyang: "Indeed, although the vines on my side are attacking the tree house, they hardly cause much damage to my wooden armor."
Xu Xin was a little surprised and asked, "You went down?"
Ji Chaoyang: "Well, after seeing the news on the regional channel, I just went down to try it out. According to my actual experience, the range in which the vines will be alerted is about five meters in height. As long as you rely on the roots of the tree house to hang above five meters, you will not attract the attention of the vines."
This guy moves really quickly. Isn't he afraid that these real vines will damage the tree house
"Can these vines attack heights above five meters?" Xu Xin asked the key question.
"cannot."
Ji Chaoyang's words made him raise his eyebrows.
Can't attack
The vines that Xu Xin had encountered before, whether they were the vines guarding the copper treasure chest, the vines outside the protected area, or the vines in the red fog, had an attack range that could reach a height of more than ten meters, and even the first piercing from the ground could reach straight into the sky at ten meters.
This height is enough to threaten the bottom of Xu Xin’s tree house on the first floor.
If it is really as Ji Chaoyang said, the current vines only have an attack height of five meters, which would be much more convenient.
No wonder he didn't attract the vines' attention when he stuck his head out just now.
It seems that although the protective ability of the tree house has weakened, it is not completely gone. At least it can still limit the activities of these vines.
"I kept descending slowly, trying different heights, until I was five meters below the ground, and then suddenly a dozen vines emerged from the ground. To be honest, I was really scared. I immediately rose a few meters. These vines couldn't reach me, so they began to attack the trunk of the tree house."
Ji Chaoyang explained, and then warned them, "Don't learn from me. I was reckless this time. I should have stayed in the tree house."
The information that Ji Chaoyang received was very useful!